County of Williamson v. Farson, Leach & Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles G. Neely, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an action of assumpsit brought by the plaintiff in error, against the defendants in error, to recover the amount of the interest, at eight per cent per annum, from January 1, 1895, to July 1, 1895, upon thirty-nine railroad bonds, of $1000 each, issued by the plaintiff in error, which it is claimed was paid out of thé funds of the plaintiff in error by the State Treasurer by reason of the failure of the defendants in error to have on deposit with the American Exchange National Bank, in New York City, by February 1,1895, funds with which to pay the principal of said bonds and interest…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Read v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
3Cited by1 opinion
- State Ex Rel. Shaw v. Police Jury of Catahoula ParishLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1936